MS462 FOR SALE IN GERMANY

[Stihl working Hard]

The more I see the more I want.

Yes it gets like that doesn't it

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Yup about a 1/2 hole.

The first modification would be to gut the muffler

 

[CR888]

Hindsight is 20/20 but I'd have specified the dealer not put any fuel/bar oil in the saw as customs can be +#%*'s when they want to. It would have raised Vince's blood pressure at the airport. He'll still most likely have the 1st 462 in the country, I'd take it to my local dealer & taunt him and ask him why he has none on his shelf then tell him you got the local husky dealer to order it in 4 him. Then just watch the steam come from his ears

 

[RI Chevy]

I am a big fan of the stainless steel mufflers. [emoji106]
Sexy

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[Stihl working Hard]

Also, the internal baffle. Will be interesting to see if the "non ported" saws benefit from removal of the baffle, or not.

I would be surprised if it didn't make a vast difference Mike .Damm EPA

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Hindsight is 20/20 but I'd have specified the dealer not put any fuel/bar oil in the saw as customs can be +#%*'s when they want to. It would have raised Vince's blood pressure at the airport.

I had that experience bringing a MS381 back from Bali customs thought it had fuel in it but it wasn't started or had bar oil they were telling me it had to go freight,fortunately common sense prevailed and they let me bring it in I was chitting bricks for about 15 minutes though

 

[Stihl working Hard]

I am a big fan of the stainless steel mufflers. [emoji106]
Sexy

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Yes they do look nice there Jeff

 

[RI Chevy]

I would love to come up with a nicely designed one for 026s and 346s. Already modded

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[Stihl working Hard]

God damn!! Customs wouldn't let me travel with it [emoji35][emoji37]
Panic attack with an hour before the flight takes off to organize shipping some how to home.
They reckon because it has been test fired there is some remnants of fuel in it. Nothing in the tank but has the slightest smell of fuel.
So will be a few weeks before I reunite with it [emoji17][emoji22]

Customs are really anal on fuel residues

 

[Stihl working Hard]

That's interesting to see a rescue version. Been a lot of reports that mtronic hasn't worked out in fire situations.

My nephew is with the local FD here it can't adapt quick enough to the heat and smoke in a fire ,he reckons it's not reliable enough

 

[Willard]

Vince, was that suit case a carry on?
Just wondering because in all my travels my checked luggage goes straight on to the conveyor belt and has never been opened by security.

 

[Wilhelm]

Should have rubbed it down inside and outside with aftershave or mouth wash in hopes to remove any residual fuel smell.

 

[Nitehawk55]

Talked to my contact at Stihl Canada today and he says unlikely to see the 462 till next fall or into 2019 .
They want to do more cold temp and altitude testing up north (Canada) before they release it in Canada .
Good way to look at it is they will be working out issues and when it does reach here it should be trouble free .
That's what I was told guys , don't hate the messenger

And I think that includes the 500i as well .

 

[hseII]

Sorry to hear about that Vince.
A few years ago I was in Mexico looking to take home a MS381 with me.
But backed out as the 2 dealers I found ran up all their saws before they put them on their shelves.
But yeah factory fuel residues could be a problem on board an airline. Especially in eco sensitive Germany.

Or Virginia.

Checked Baggage.

 

[GCJenks204]

Talked to my contact at Stihl Canada today and he says unlikely to see the 462 till next fall or into 2019 .
They want to do more cold temp and altitude testing up north (Canada) before they release it in Canada .
Good way to look at it is they will be working out issues and when it does reach here it should be trouble free .
That's what I was told guys , don't hate the messenger

And I think that includes the 500i as well .

Can't like that at all. That just sucks!!!

 

[MustangMike]

My nephew is with the local FD here it can't adapt quick enough to the heat and smoke in a fire ,he reckons it's not reliable enough

The 462 is the first saw with MTron Ver II, maybe it can handle it???

 

[Dub11]

The 462 is the first saw with MTron Ver II, maybe it can handle it???

I'd hope so and maybe they should of tested it out like last year a long with testing it in the cold too.

 

[Willard]

Talked to my contact at Stihl Canada today and he says unlikely to see the 462 till next fall or into 2019 .
They want to do more cold temp and altitude testing up north (Canada) before they release it in Canada .
Good way to look at it is they will be working out issues and when it does reach here it should be trouble free .
That's what I was told guys , don't hate the messenger

And I think that includes the 500i as well .

Yep West coast and East coast of North America doesn't have temperatures in the 30 below range, where many saw have to work in.
But Stihl must have tested the 462 in the interior of Alaska, B.C. and states like Minnesota.

 

[Dub11]

Yep West coast and East coast of North America doesn't have temperatures in the 30 below range, where many saw have to work in.
But Stihl must have tested the 462 in the interior of Alaska, B.C. and states like Minnesota.

They should been testing them in Sweden.

 

[Willard]

They should been testing them in Sweden.

Sweden temps even in the far northern parts don't get down all that cold. More like a interior B.C. winter.
Not like when I was hand falling here in northern Manitoba Canada.
I remember one December we had -40 below (Celsius and Fahrenheit are equal at -40) every day for the whole month, every morning right up to lunchtime , then warm up to -30 for a few hours in the afternoon.
We had no choice but to keep logging with the chainsaws and cable skidders with Christmas bills coming up.
That was the 1970s, 80s/ early 90s. We were tough back then .You won't see saws running in those conditions anymore today except maybe Siberia...(big saw market there.)